Asus MK90 wins Design and Engineering Award at CES 2010

Asus MK90, popularly known as the Disney Netpal has received a "Design and Engineering Award" at this year’s CES.

The Disney Netpal netbook is a very colorful netbook targeted towards children. It comes with web-safe parental control system to keep the kids away from the naughty websites. Asus also includes few fun games to prevent the kids from getting bored.

Asus-Pegatron Tablet

Asus’s OEM manufacture, Pegatron has showcased a tablet at the CES 2010. This tablet packs an 11.6-inch display and runs Windows 7 Home Premium. Features an Atom processor, 1GB RAM, 32GB SSD, webcam and even an HDMI port.

With no price information, we know, it does not sounds very exciting.

Samsung shows off N127; Runs Moblin Linux

Samsung is showing off its new Moblin netbook at CES 2010. It basically has the same specifications as the Samsung N130 which means that it is powered by the Intel Atom N270 processor and features 10.1-inch display (1024×600), 1GB RAM, 160GB HDD, WiFi b/g/n and a 6-cell 4000mAh battery.

The Moblin UI is intuitive and responsive. For those who don’t know, Moblin is a customized Linux distro

Viewsonic VNB105 Netbook

Viewsonic rolled out a new netbook based on the Pine Trail Atom platform at CES 2010. This one, called the VNB105, comes with Windows 7 Starter as its OS; has 1GB RAM and 160GB hard disk to store data. Its keyboard prohibits dust from entering inside. There are three USB 2.0 ports on this unit and a 6-cell battery that Viewsonic claims will run for 8 hours straight off a single charge.

It will be hitting the markets soon at a price tag of $399

ASUS still a bit doubtful about the success of Smartbooks

Asus is in no rush in rolling out their first Smartbook. In fact, there is not a single smartbook prototype being shown at CES 2010. According to the Asus’ chairman, the major roadblock in the success of Smartbooks is the lack of software availability.

Past record has shown that consumers still prefer Windows netbooks/notebooks over Linux netbooks/notebooks. So that could probably the major reason why Asus does not have much faith in the Smartbook market

Meet the Lenovo Skylight Smartbook

Who better than Lenovo to start the Smartbook revolution? The Lenovo Smartbook, destined to make debut in April 2010, will be launched at the CES 2010.

This smartbook is not just any ARM powered netbook. It is powered by the 1GHz Snapdragon CPU from Qualcomm that is already being used in high end HTC and Toshiba Windows Phones and we have heard that it is mighty fast. It has a vivid 10.6-inch display and runs Linux. Let’s hope that it means Chrome Linux because that is exactly what we have been hearing about the Skylight from the past few months – see this and this

It has 20GB of solid state storage and 2GB of cloud storage which is meant for storing the data online. Also bundled is a 8GB miniSD card. There are 2 USB ports too for pluging-in your peripherals.

Update: Now confirmed that it is using Lenovo’s customized version of Linux, not Chrome OS.

Update2: resolution is 1280×720 and comes pre-loaded with mountain of widgets including Amazon MP3, Gmail,

It packs Wi-Fi and 3G (via AT&T) to make sure you are always connected while on-the-go. Battery is internal and will be priced at $499. A bit too expensive for a Smartbook, if you ask us.

[Learn more about HTC TOUCH HD 2 1GHZ phone at Windows Phone Mix]

HTC Chrome Tablet prototype appearing privately at CES 2010

Back in April 2009, we said that HTC was working on an Internet device that would NOT be running Windows Mobile or Android. Instead, it would be running on BREW MP – a mobile platform made by Qualcomm.

Looks like the BREW MP has been replaced by the upcoming Chromium OS. According to Smarthouse website, HTC is preparing several models of a touch tablet that would be running Chromium and Android OS.

These tablets will be powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon processor that run at 1GHz clock speed

Read Chrome OS review (Beta)

Lenovo Skylight Smartbook to be launched at CES 2010

We all know that Lenovo will launch a smartbook at CES 2010. We have got some more information on it.

According to a Chinese source, this upcoming smartbook has been named “Skylight”. This Skylight smartbook is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor that runs at 1GHz clock speed. Sporting an ultra thin design, it has full one day of standby; cellular connectivity and even a touchscreen display for selecting objects on the screen.

Also, Lenovo will be launching an office app called Mashmobile Office for the Android devices.

Paradigm Shift eBook Reader to showcase ebook readers at CES

At the upcoming CES 2010 event to be held in Las Vegas, Paradigm is going to unleash two ebook readers with 5-inch and 7-inch displays respectively.

The 7-inch model, oddly named as EER-071WF runs Windows CE OS. It has a touchscreen interface and has DRM encryption support. Since it runs Windows CE OS, it inherits the capability to run Web-browsers, word processors, media players and so on. 2GB is the storage space that is built into it, which can be easily expanded via T-Flash expansion slot. The 7-incher retails for $200

The 5-inch model – EER-051 is a pure ebook reader. It supports heaps of formats that includes ANSI, UNICODE TXT, DOC, PDF, HTML, FB2, PDB and EPUB (non-DRM encrypted). Comes with a gig of storage memory expandable via SD expansion slot. Retails for $150 and comes in a variety of colors – white, pastel blue, pastel periwinkle, pastel pink, black and silver

MSI to exhibit Pine Trail Nettops and All-in-one Desktops at CES 2010

MSI unveiled couple of Pine Trail products already, all of which will be exhibited at CES 2010, Las Vegas. Special mentions include the Wind Top AP1920, an all-in-one desktop which has 18.5-inch with 16:9 ratio display and can be mounted on the wall.

The AP1920 uses Intel’s new Pine Trail-D platform, with the AtomTM D510/D410 processor. This provides outstanding performance equivalent to that of a conventional desktop, while ensuring low energy consumption and low noise.

Second – two nettops: Wind Box DE220 and DC500, both of which will utilize the Pine Trail platform.

The Wind Box DE220 is small and lightweight (about the size of a sheet of A4 paper), and can be wall-mounted behind a display, effectively converting a conventional PC into an all-in-one model. The DC500 is a highly original device.